After acceptance of a complete application, the project shall be reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), to determine whether the proposed project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA, or is not a project as defined by CEQA, whether a negative declaration or a mitigated negative declaration may be issued, or whether an environmental impact report (EIR) shall be required. When these determinations are required, the preparation of EIRs shall be in compliance with the City's CEQA Guidelines.
(Ord. No. 2005-007 § 1 (part))